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 View of Bangkok & a nearby wat (temple) from the China Princess Hotel |
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 Our guide, Roger, in a Chinatown market |
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 Khmer-style prang (tower) of Wat Arun ("Temple of Dawn") seen from the Chao Phraya River |
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 Wat Arun's great prang represents Mount Meru, home of the gods |
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 Hammock and exterior of traditional Thai house on a canal |
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 Thai Cooking lesson |
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 Wat Suthat |
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 Gilded Buddhas at Wat Suthat |
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 Schoolroom with children at Wat Suthat |
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 Jack and friend at Wat Suthat |
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 Chinese statue at Wat Suthat |
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 Reclining Buddha (having attained nirvana) at Wat Pho |
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 Farong (foreigner) guarding the gate at Wat Pho |
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 Miniature gardens with hermits striking poses at Wat Pho (These posed hermits were used as diagnostic aids in traditional medicine.) |
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 Jim Thompson House—Traditional Teak House (Thompson is credited with reviving the Thai silk trade after WWII.) |
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 Orchids & ancient statue at Jim Thompson House |
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 Riding in a Bangkok tuk tuk |
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 The Damnoen Saduak Floating Market |
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 Entering Kanchanaburi ("buri" means town) |
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 "Death" Railway reconstructed on the River Kwai Yae (bombed by the Allies & reconstructed with 8 curved original parts) |
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 Arriving at the dock of the River Kwai Resotel |
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 Hotel Main Building and Pool |
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 River Kwai Jungle Raft Hotels |
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 Houseboat along the River Kwai |
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 Truck transport from the river to Hellfire Pass |
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 Hellfire Pass carved mostly by hand tools by Allied POWs in WWII |
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 Trestle bridge near Hellfire Pass |
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 On the bus again with our driver & bus boy, 'Benz' |
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 Rice fields about ready for harvest |
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 Sukhothai monument with lily pond |
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 Transportation by trolley through Sukhothai Historical Park |
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 Sukhothai Seated Buddha |
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 Sukhothai: Wat Si Sawai (Khmer style) |
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 Wat Sa Si and chedi from a distance |
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 Wat Sa Si |
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 Wat Sa Si Seated Buddha |
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 Wat Si Chum Seated Buddha (51' tall) |
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 Wat Si Chum: Detail of Giant Seated Buddha |
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 Approaching the shaman's house in the village at Donchum School |
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 The shaman and his granddaughter |
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The students demonstrate dancing and music |
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 Jack with naughty student |
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 Scenery in a national park on the way to Chiang Ra |
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 Boarding songtaew taxis to the hill town of Mae Salona |
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 Entering Mae Salona, town of the Yao tribe |
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 Approaching an Akha village |
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